Steiner v. Bentley

OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Steiner v. Bentley, 668 So.2d 616 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), in which the district court denied Thomas D. Steiner’s petition for writ of prohibition on authority of Walker v. Bentley, 660 So.2d 313 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)(Walker I), and Lopez v. Bentley, 660 So.2d 1138 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)(Lopez I). In Walker I, the district court certified the following questions as being of great public importance:

IS THE WORD “SHALL” AS USED IN SECTION 741.30(8)(a), FLORIDA STAT*771UTES (SUPP.1994), TO BE INTERPRETED AS MANDATORY RATHER THAN AS PERMISSIVE OR DIRECTORY?

IF INTERPRETED AS…